Unit 5 Languages Around the World Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 5 Languages aroud the world Reading and thinking Explore the Chinese writing system One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. 一门语言能带你进入人生旅途，两门语言则为你开启人生旅途中的所有大门。 1.Can you recognize the following symbols? 马 鱼 鹿 牛 人 大 子 止 picture-based symbols simplified Chinese characters Free Talk 2 2.What do we call this art form? Chinese calligraphy 3.Do you know how Chinese characters develop? Free Talk 3 Look at the title and picture below. Predict what the text will be about. THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT Prediction Topic Focus 杭州亿启教育科技有限公司 Task2 Skimming Divide the text into TWO parts and find the main idea of each part. Part1(Para.1) Part3(Para.2-6) Topic Development & Importance What’s the writing style? A.Narration(叙述文) B.Description(描述文) C.Exposition (说明文) The Chinese Writing System 杭州亿启教育科技有限公司 Task3 reading ①China is widely known for its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times, despite the many ups and downs in its history. There are many reasons why this has been possible, but one of the main factors has been the Chinese writing system. Part1 Topic ancient civilisation passed down/survived Why can Chinese ancient civilisation pass down? 杭州亿启教育科技有限公司 Development Task3 Scanning 1.Scan the text to find the words and phrases that describe times. 2.What happened at each of the important times? Scan Scanning is looking at the text quickly to find specific information, such as dates or numbers. 杭州亿启教育科技有限公司 At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. It dates back several thousand years to the use of longgu—animal bones and shells on which symbols were carved by ancient Chinese people. some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in today's hanzi. By the Shang Dynasty (around 1600—1046 BCE), these symbols had become a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms,